United Airlines passenger Tato Lovere remembers feeling like she was “going to die” along with 300 other people when her Italy-bound plane plunged 28,000 feet in 10 minutes.

A United Airlines passenger recalled the terrifying feeling that she was “going to die” along with 300 others when her Italy-bound plane plunged 28,000 feet in just 10 minutes.

Tato Lovere, 47, was on board the scary flight to Rome and said she feared for her life at the moment the plane plummeted in the sky.

Flight data revealed that UAL510, a Boeing 777 traveling from Newark Liberty International Airport to Rome-Fiumicino International Airport, went from an altitude of 37,000 feet to 8,700 feet in just ten minutes Wednesday evening.

The plane flew twice over Nova Scotia, Canada, at a stable altitude around 10:30 p.m. before returning home.

Lovere, who was traveling to Rome to celebrate his birthday, told the NYPost: “You saw people’s heads turning, you had people looking at each other, you had people looking for answers without shouting.

Flight data revealed the plane flew over Nova Scotia twice before returning to Newark.

“You literally thought you were going to die.

“I first tried my best to text my daughter without scaring her, to let her know that I love her very much and that I am proud of her.

Lovere said her daughter actually followed the flight pattern — and called United for answers.

Shortly after takeoff, she said staff informed passengers over the intercom that there were problems with the plane.

And in a clip filmed at the airport gate when the plane finally landed, a United captain said over the loudspeaker that there was a “6 or 8 inch hole in the side of the plane, so that’s what caused our pressurization problem.”

She told the Post: “She was on the phone with United asking them why she saw her mother’s flight (going) in circles over Halifax.

“United told him everything was fine.”

The plane, which was carrying 270 passengers and 14 crew members, returned to Newark to “address a possible loss of cabin pressure,” a United Airlines spokesperson said.

“The flight landed safely and there was never a loss of cabin pressure,” the spokesperson said.

The Federal Aviation Administration, the body responsible for regulating flights in the United States, also said the plane experienced a “pressurization issue,” prompting it to turn back.

The flight experienced “a possible loss of cabin pressure,” a United Airlines spokesperson said.

United Airlines said the travelers on the plane were eventually transported to Italy on another plane.

The air chaos comes as U.S. airlines have criticized the FAA for not employing enough staff, leading to hundreds of flights delayed or canceled during a record travel season.

The ordeal left Lovere shaken, and she said she would be “nervous” for every next flight.

In July, an Allegiant flight was forced to make a sudden 600-foot climb to narrowly avoid colliding with a private jet, leaving a flight attendant injured and passengers fearing for their lives.

Jerrica Thacker, 21, was returning home to Lexington, Kentucky, from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport when the plane veered off course while at an altitude of 23,000 feet.

She explained that for 20 seconds the plane flew rapidly before finally leveling off – and frightened passengers initially thought it was due to turbulence.

But it wasn’t until minutes later, when the pilot turned to the intercom, that he realized the terrifying shake was because his plane was on track for a nose-to-nose crash with another plane.

Jerrica told DailyMail.com: “It was my second time on a plane so I was already nervous about getting on. The pilot warned us that there would be turbulence.

“The flight attendant was handing out drinks right in front of me when it happened.

“It felt like we were going downhill. I held on to everything in front of me and focused on everything to avoid having a panic attack.

“I thought I felt the place turning around. I was holding my breath the whole time.

It is believed the business jet was just 1 mile from the commercial plane when the pilot carried out the life-saving maneuver.

The FAA confirmed that the Airbus A320 “took evasive action.”